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research examines corporate and household finance in emerging markets, with a focus on insurance, credit, and savings. He has also done extensive work on financial education in the US and emerging markets. His recent research focuses on... View Details

31 May 2023
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2023 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2023 recipients, and... View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

14 Mar 2024
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IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2024 in Mumbai and Bangalore and this is... View Details

22 Oct 2007
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Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries

method, under the guidance of a teacher, at the lowest possible level in the organization. Wipro Gains Efficiency In the paper, Staats and Upton describe how Wipro first launched its lean initiative in 2004 with a core team of managers. The small group View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

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What are the best finance interview prep resources?

href="https://inside.hbs.edu/Departments/mba/prematric/default.aspx?page=prematric-wall-street-prep">Wall Street Prep on the HBS Career and Professional Development site Equity research Data and background information for stock... View Details

20 Dec 2010
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Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

measuring up to 965' x 106'. The new locks will measure 1,400' × 180' × 60' and be capable of accommodating ships up to 1,315' × 176'. This is big enough to accommodate Nimitz-class aircraft carriers and most cargo ships short of a supertanker. Q: Have you ever View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

11 Aug 2003
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Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

that didn't take any time at all," says William J. Bruns Jr., Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School and a visiting professor at Northeastern University. After each unit's sales and... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

01 Sep 2023
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Research Brief: Making Way for Moonshots

Josh Krieger (Courtesy subject) Josh Krieger (Courtesy subject) Many innovations in modern medicine have come about due to cutting-edge drugs—advances that required both a scientific leap and a willingness to take risks. And while most pharmaceutical companies would... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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Inside the Learning: Boston By the Season

If you are coming to Boston for one of our programs—and especially if you are coming from some distance away—you may want to extend your stay a few days and explore Boston, Cambridge, and the surrounding area. The Executive Education site... View Details

11 Apr 2023
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BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark... View Details

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HBS Cases | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content Lehman Brothers Collection Resources Baker Library Collections Corporate Reports Collection R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports HBS Cases Baker Old Class Collection Related Archival Collections Bibliography View Details

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Recruiting Partners - Health Care

Pharmaceuticals Alpha Edison AMAG Pharmaceuticals Amarin Corporation American Tinnitus Association American Well AmerisourceBergen Amgen, Inc. Amicoat AS Amicus Therapeutics Amnisure International LLC Angiogenesis Foundation Antera... View Details

08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

diverse hospitals across the United States. A trained interviewer scored the managers' interview responses based on management practices that ranged from most reactive (lowest scores) to most proactive (highest scores). We established instrument validity by conducting... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 May 2022
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Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023

and positioning, and corporate finance and fundraising. I also realized that in an academic setting, I could have additional time and resources to go deeper in certain subjects, especially if I wasn't busy putting out fires every day.... View Details

04 Apr 2023
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Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark... View Details

17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

responsibility for securing these materials. Working PapersPayout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Abstract When corporate payout is taxed, internal equity (retained earnings) is... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees - Recruiting

experience for many of the black business executives included in the book Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience , co-edited by Mayo, University of Virginia Professor Laura Morgan Roberts, who is a visiting... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

teaching or former Visiting Fellows hold academic positions. Important examples include the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad and Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. The project does not pay the travel for faculty to conduct... View Details

01 Sep 2007
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Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered

Indeed, Chandler concluded, by the mid-2oth century, the multiunit, multifunctional enterprise administered by salaried managers had become the “most powerful institution in the American economy.” In his 1962 book Strategy and Structure, which helped spawn the field of... View Details

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Faculty - Private Capital Project

Faculty Faculty Co-Directors Victoria Ivashina Lovett-Learned Professor of Business Administration Victoria Ivashina is the Lovett-Learned Chaired Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School. She is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research,... View Details

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